I just saw this article "Swimmer’s death leaves open questions":
"Asked if he’d ever try the event, US swimmer Michael Phelps said, “Not a chance, no way. I won’t do open water.’’
I'm a bit surprised. Is he scared of the dangers of open water? Or is he technically competitive in open water? :rolleyes: Have there been any swimmers who won both pool medal and open-water medal in world events?
Wouldn't it be interesting to have open water races for each individual style breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly?
People certainly do solo channel swims all four strokes, but I can see some practical difficulties with actual races:
Back: How do you know where you're going?
Fly: clashing arms
***: clashing legs (can you imagine a frog kick to the face with swedish goggles on?)
Wouldn't it be interesting to have open water races for each individual style breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly?
People certainly do solo channel swims all four strokes, but I can see some practical difficulties with actual races:
Back: How do you know where you're going?
Fly: clashing arms
***: clashing legs (can you imagine a frog kick to the face with swedish goggles on?)
